John 20

20 1Now on the first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene
early, while it was yet dark, unto the tomb, and seeth the stone taken away
from the tomb.
2She runneth therefore, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to
the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken
away the Lord out of the tomb, and we know not where they have laid him.
3Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went toward
the tomb.
4And they ran both together: and the other disciple outran
Peter, and came first to the tomb;
5and stooping and looking in, he seeth
the linen cloths lying; yet entered he not in.
6Simon Peter therefore
also cometh, following him, and entered into the tomb; and he beholdeth the
linen cloths lying,
7and the napkin, that was upon his head, not lying
with the linen cloths, but rolled up in a place by itself.
8Then entered
in therefore the other disciple also, who came first to the tomb, and he saw,
and believed.
9For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise
from the dead.
10So the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11But Mary was standing without at the tomb weeping: so, as she wept, she
stooped and looked into the tomb;
12and she beholdeth two angels in white
sitting, one at the head, and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain.
13And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto
them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have
laid him.
14When she had thus said, she turned herself back, and
beholdeth Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
15Jesus saith
unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to
be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me
where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.
16Jesus saith unto
her, Mary. She turneth herself, and saith unto him in Hebrew, Rabboni; which
is to say, Teacher.
17Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet
ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend
unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.
18Mary Magdalene
cometh and telleth the disciples, I have seen the Lord; and that he
had said these things unto her.
19When therefore it was evening, on that
day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where
the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst,
and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20And when he had said
this, he showed unto them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore
were glad, when they saw the Lord.
21Jesus therefore said to them again,
Peace be unto you: as the Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Spirit:
23whose soever sins ye forgive, they are
forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when
Jesus came.
25The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen
the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of
the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.
26And after
eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus
cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace
be unto you.
27Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger,
and see my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and put it into my side:
and be not faithless, but believing.
28Thomas answered and said unto him,
My Lord and my God.
29Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me,
thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and
yet have believed.
30Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the
presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book:
31but
these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of
God; and that believing ye may have life in his name.